Re: News Reader

Ken

I flag posts and have a good memory for what has passed.. if it has been awhile, I read back


"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:uP3lv8yHHHA.1188@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User wrote:
Ken

I always look at the post directly preceding, assuming that I do not
have to scroll down much.. I also tend to read all threads in a bid
to ascertain what has been suggested already.. kind of like starting
at page one..


Many newsgroup participants, including me, do not view already-read messages. They are no longer there to see, so I do not have the choice of looking at the previous messages in the thread. If I chose to set my newsreader to view already -read messages, I would have far more messages to have to scroll through each day, and it would take me much longer to do so. I'm not interested in doing that.


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"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Wesley Vogel wrote:

I do not bother to read a lot of bottom posted messages. Especially
on long threads with all of the replies included.



I don't bother to read a lot of top-posted messages. Especially on
long threads with all of the replies included.

I would have to scroll all the way down to the bottom to find out
what the top-posting is in reply to, then scroll all the way back up
to read the reply.

The real issue, as far as I'm concerned, has little to do with
whether one top-posts or bottom posts. It has to do with trimming
what's not relevant to your reply. If you don't trim, and leave lots
of irrelevant quoted material, it takes lots of scrolling to be able
to understand your reply. If you trim adequately, your reply is
generally easy to find, read, and understand, whether it's on the
top or the bottom. --
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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